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Wiarton doctor retires after 40 years
A beloved Wiarton doctor is calling it a career and hanging up the stethoscope after 40 years. Dr. John Van Dorp hopped in the car with his wife Geneva Thursday morning and headed to Blythe to take in some theatre. “I went to a seminar a number of years ago about preparing for retirement, and […]
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Youth from grades five to 12 have registered to learn more about the sport of volleyball in their own backyards, thanks to a program called Momentum Volleyball, run by Momentum … Continue reading Volleyball gaining ‘Momentum’ in Kincardine
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The North Stars hope to keep the good times rolling as playoffs begin Thursday
It will be a homecoming of sorts when Adam Jones walks into the Peterborough Memorial Centre Thursday night alongside his North Stars to take on the Lakers in Owen Sound’s return to Major Series Lacrosse postseason action. Jones played in three Mann Cup tournaments with the Lakers and helped the storied Senior A lacrosse franchise […]
High school students learn the basics of Great Lakes research aboard UWM’s research vessel – Great Lakes Commission
Last week, fourteen Milwaukee high school students went out on a UW-Milwaukee (UWM) research vessel as part of UWM’s Watershed Expedition Program. The weeklong program provides students with knowledge about […]
Three London-area military reservists killed in single-vehicle crash
Three London-area military reservists were killed in a single-vehicle collision in New Brunswick Sunday morning, according to London’s 1st Hussars regiment.
Great Lakes Learning: All about aquaculture | Great Lakes Now
This lesson will explore the phenomenon of whitefish population decline in the Jordan River by Green Bay, Wisconsin. Whitefish are an important source of food and commerce in the Great Lakes, but for over a century the population has been in flux due to a number of factors ranging from human impact to invasive species and climate change.
Low German Mennonite students trace their history with high school mural
The path of low German Mennonites to Southwestern Ontario â driven from Canada in the early 19th century to Mexico, and back again to become a presence in many rural pockets across the region â is captured by a student-made mural at one local high school
As pandemic babies enter kindergarten, school officials eye development ‘gaps’
London-area children born during the COVID-19 pandemic in both school boards are getting some extra help in the form of pop-up clinics as they prepare to enter kindergarten this fall
‘We were chosen’: 122 newborns, one couple’s epic foster care journey
Don and Nancy Matthews, now in their 70s, fostered a small village of infants over the years. Only reluctantly has the Southwestern Ontario couple stopped. LFP’s Randy Richmond reports STRATFORD â Nancy Matthews always wanted a lot of babies. The love they need, the love they give â she can list any number of reasons […]
Ignace council votes to be willing nuclear waste host community
Ignace Township council has made its decision: the community, between Thunder Bay and Kenora, would willingly be a host to a nuclear waste repository. Ignace and South Bruce are the final two candidates for a deep geological repository, or DGR, to house the waste. Roger Dufault, chair of the Township of Ignace’s resident ad hoc […]